Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: K. Kopeć and W. Krzemiński. 2020. Taxonomic names, in Revision of the Mesozoic genus Mesotipula Handlirsch (Limoniidae, Diptera) from Asia extending its evolutionary history up to the Cretaceous. Cretaceous Research 114(104504)

Belongs to Mesotipula (Irenatipula) according to K. Kopeć and W. Krzemiński 2020

Sister taxa: Mesotipula (Irenatipula) brevicella, Mesotipula (Irenatipula) gloriosa, Mesotipula (Irenatipula) parvula, Mesotipula (Irenatipula) sigmoidea

Type specimen: PIN 3015/943, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Unda (PIN collection 3015), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - small horizon in the Glushkovo Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Unda (PIN collection 3015)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.